I also own a Monk Forever 134X42 and this is by far the best board I have tried. I love it. And the range is incredible. Works in almost any condition but best for high speed, high power, big air! Ultra smooth in chop, cut through like butter. You should really try one!

Do you have access to a boat or is paddling an SUP on a calm day or walking the shore an option? You may find it.

I got up on the retaining wall at the river mouth, then up on the bridge going over the river and couldn't see it. Walked the banks of the river that evening, then the following PM walked around the lake shore on either side wind was blowing hard up the river so it could be anywhere... river banks are actually concrete I'm wondering if it hasn't been pushed under water somehow.

Thanks all for comments like "needs power" or "has lots of rocker, need a bigger size" - those are what I'm looking for...!

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I keep hearing that... but paying $900 for a board that looks like it was knocked up in a shed and painted by a buddy for a bucket of home brew sticks in my craw let's see if we can't get the sexy boards voted in

Well I owned a shinn monk. I now run a 150 mako. I support your purchase decision.

I won't knock the shinn range, the boards are very good. The mako 150 is more of an all rounder than the monk I know that much. The monk demands speed and aggressive riding. In that respects it can't be beaten.

I ride hooked in, waves, flat, unhooked a bit, some outdated freestyle hooked in moves. I boost, carve ... The mako is as good as all rounder as you will need.

Putting the mutant fins in will give you added grip for boosting but honestly you don't need them. Straight TT is where it is at its best and I've tried every configuration you can imagine.

A very experienced guy said to me the other day when talking about shinn boards. 'In the end it is just a board'. yeh it's a great design, but the momentum it has gained may be at this point creating a picture of the board being so much better as others is being over emphasised or imagined. It is another flat bottomed TT with a specific rocker configuration, flex pattern and changes in outline and finnage across the range. it has its own specific feel but it is still what it is albeit great in that area of kiteboards.

Great board range. But the mako is in its own class it's own spectrum and has a feel unlike anything else.

Thanks all for comments like "needs power" or "has lots of rocker, need a bigger size" - those are what I'm looking for...!

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Shinn Shinn Shinn

I keep hearing that... but paying $900 for a board that looks like it was knocked up in a shed and painted by a buddy for a bucket of home brew sticks in my craw let's see if we can't get the sexy boards voted in

Plus... no demo or shops here

I just saw the 2012 Supershinn was down to $495. For that price, you could take the additional $400 and get whatever floats your boat painted on it.

I keep hearing that... but paying $900 for a board that looks like it was knocked up in a shed and painted by a buddy for a bucket of home brew sticks in my craw let's see if we can't get the sexy boards voted in

A very experienced guy said to me the other day when talking about shinn boards. 'In the end it is just a board'So true !!!

I just saw the 2012 Supershinn was down to $495. For that price, you could take the additional $400 and get whatever floats your boat painted on it.

Now we're talking! Yeah, but I'd still have to look at it everyday in the back of the car Oh and - the more violently coloured it is, the easier it'll be for me to spot it I've lost the white 'n' blue Flyradical a few times, had to come in and stand around on the shore looking for it

Needs speed? That can be tough to hang onto here... bouncing up 'n' down "waves" on the lake can be very stop start...

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